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It takes the power out of the abusers' hands and means that even if they try to hide their past in interactions with their prospective new partner, that new partner has a means to circumvent that deceit and get the facts.
What real assurance can be given that this is a genuine process that will get us to where it is clear we need to be in relation to not only forming a new body but the ethos of that body?
For all the promises for the future, that is the record of 10 years of failing our children. Does the First Minister get a pass or a fail? She gets a fail.
If the prisoner is illiterate—as approximately 80 per cent of the prison population are—they can get a friend to fill in a form for them asking to see a member of the visiting committee.
Following devolution of the benefit Scottish Ministers will no longer be able to seek advice from the UK IIAC – where will Ministers get such advice? The best place is an independent advisory council with workers’ and trade union voices represented.